Two separate protests unfolded in downtown Richmond Saturday afternoon, as local activist groups responded to reports of U.S. military action in Caracas and the detention of Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro and his wife. One gathering took place at Maggie Walker...
Dr. Michael Jones has submitted a bill to ban chokeholds, tear gas, and rubber bullets in Richmond. In this exclusive interview, he talks to RVA Mag about what needs to be done to reform the city's police force. Given the ongoing police violence over the past month, RVA Mag wanted to better understand who was calling the shots on the ground. We...
Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy has been working for change since childhood. Now in her run to become Virginia’s next Governor, she’s fighting for affordable healthcare, living wages, social equity, environmental issues, and more. Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy knew she wanted to play a part in social change since high school. Now this candidate...
Earlier this month, black professionals in STEM and academia staged a one-day strike to point out systemic racism in their field. RVA Mag spoke to some local participants. On June 10th, black members of the academia and STEM fields participated in a virtual strike commemorating the social injustice that has garnered more and more attention...
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it possible for doctors to move patient checkups to the phone, a positive step for many doctors and patients. But as the pandemic winds down, will insurance stop covering telehealth? Meg Fregoso, a nurse practitioner, used to see patients who previously had a lung transplant at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Now she uses...
RVA Magazine sits down with Alexsis Rodgers, a community activist and mayoral candidate for the City of Richmond, to learn more about her policies. On June 6, Alexsis Rodgers formally announced her candidacy for Richmond mayor. Rodgers, a VCU graduate, is currently the Virginia state director for Care in Action: the policy and advocacy home for...
“I saw the world we were fighting for: a diverse cohort of all races, sexualities, and religions celebrating together.” RVA Magazine catches up with local protesters to hear their voices during a movement sweeping the nation. “I can’t breathe.” These three words, once uttered in a moment of desperation, now represent a new generation’s fight. In...
Williams Carter Wickham isn’t in a lot of history textbooks. When his statue was the first to fall in Richmond last week, it left many of us wondering, “Who was that guy?” If you look at the order in which monuments are being pulled down in Richmond, they seem to be falling in order of accessibility. Robert E Lee, one of the most beloved heroes...
Another Confederate monument bites the dust, as protesters on Tuesday night pulled down a statue in Monroe Park paying tribute to Confederate Howitzers. Demonstrators removed a statue honoring Confederate soldiers Tuesday night after marching for hours in the rain through downtown Richmond. More than 150 protesters gathered in the park space near...
On Sunday night, Richmond police used a detained protester as a bargaining chip to encourage the protest to disperse. The incident was part of a multi-night wave of police violence that led to the chief's resignation. When protesters marched to the Richmond Police Headquarters on Grace Street Sunday night, a situation unfolded that left one...
